The FBI stopped terrorist attacks in California, Texas, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
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The Dan Bongino ShowSep 16, 2026
The FBI's own September 2026 Senate testimony lists four disruptions in December 2025 in California, Texas, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, and independent AP and Reuters reporting confirms the North Carolina plot was thwarted, with no source contradicting the claim.
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… So he just brought it up himself. Here's just the quick sound bite about what we're doing to stop terror attacks so you don't get dead. Kind of important. No, check this out: California, Texas, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania separate terrorist attacks were stopped. And just this past weekend, this FBI stopped another ISIS inspired attack in Pittsburgh, arresting an individual before he's able to go out and kill innocent civilians in the name of ISIS. …
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Supports. FBI Director Patel's Senate Judiciary statement (September 15, 2026) says four major disruptions occurred in December 2025, including an arrest in Southern California, an ISIS sympathizer in Texas, a North Carolina individual planning an ISIS-inspired New Year's Eve attack, and an arrest in Pennsylvania.[3]
Supports. Reuters and AP report that the Justice Department and FBI thwarted a North Carolina man's alleged ISIS-inspired New Year's Eve attack plan, with arrests made December 31, 2025.[1][4]
Context. Patel's testimony and the post frame the four cases as 'terrorist attacks' stopped, while the statement itself describes some as plots or arrests; the claim's wording tracks the official framing and no source disputes it.[3][5]
Context. No source contradicts the claim. The Snopes item concerns an unrelated Iranian drone tip and does not bear on these four cases.[2]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 2 not rated
- 1US says it thwarted potential ISIS-inspired New Year's Eve attack in ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2FBI Articlessnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3STATEMENT OF KASHYAP PATEL DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF ...judiciary.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 4FBI: New Year's Eve attack foiled | News, Sports, Jobstribtoday.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Patel gives opening statement during FBI oversight hearingyoutube.com · not rated · cited for: context
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